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  "path": "/issues/2026-1-31/the-new-cold-war-on-new-yorks-streets",
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  "textContent": "  No escape in New York: Zhu Rikun was forced to cancel his film festival in Brooklyn due to threats from the Chinese government.\n\n##### Secret agents from China, Russia, and Iran are stalking the city’s streets—threatening and attacking foreign-born dissidents and U.S. citizens alike. The Trump administration is turning a blind eye\n\nBy John Beck\n\nWhile Xi Jinping purges his military leadership at home, he is also ramping up repression of perceived enemies within the United States. Last November, one week before the opening night of Brooklyn’s inaugural IndieChina Film Festival, its organizer, Zhu Rikun, was woken by the insistent vibration of the phone he uses to speak with friends and relatives back in China.\n\nZhu picked up to hear his father’s voice and knew immediately that something was wrong. His father, who lives in Guangdong, told him to be careful and not to do anything that would be bad for China. He then began to repeat himself. READ ON",
  "title": "The New Cold War on New York's Streets"
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